My trailer nose sits higher than I would like. I have lots of bed clearance. To get more level, I could either block the axles to raise up the back end, or shorten the coupler in the front. A shorter coupler seems easiest. The current one looks like it's slid up as far as it can go. II guess i'd say there's about 8 inches of tube sticking out. It's at the "ledge" and can't go in any further.  I know you can replace the coupler by loosening the two big bolts and sliding in a new one, but my question is how short of one can I get, or are they all standard size? Any suggestions?  I looked at one that was called the "quick hitch" or something like that, which looked like it had almost infinite adjustment options, but was over 300 bucks. Ouch!  It looked to be designed for people who can't line up their hitch.

Amanda

It is designed so you don't have to climb into the bed to latch it down or to unlatch it. The extra "capture" area is icing on the cake so you don't have to be spot on everytime. We use them on all of our trailers and love them! Money well spent!

"It looked to be designed for people who can't line up their hitch"

Could you pull it out of the tube and have four or three inches sawed off? Quick work with a band saw or torch and grinder to dress it all down.

How much does the trailer tube extend beyond the support gussets?  Consider cutting the trailer part or getting a shorter coupler tube.

I like a lot of clearance.

Less clearance would have meant a wrinkled truck bed.  I was winched out from my predicament without a scratch on truck or trailer.

Post a picture of the hitch....

My Sundowner and Soner both had a 3 or 4 inch spacer over the tube acting as a stop.  I had to remove it to raise the hitch high enough to drop the front of the trailer to hook up to our truck.  I unbloted the  bolts, dropped the tube out and the spacer came right off the re-installed the tube.

My Cherokee has a hitch like hers... Say the outside dia. of the lower tube is four inches, then about six inches above the latch the tube expands to 4 inch inside dia.  If you were to cut it shorter it ain't going to slide up any further, this area of the lower tube was stretched/expanded/swollen out to the same size as the upper tube, I guess to keep it from slipping and damaging a truck bed. Picture below shows one simular.... My Silver Star has a straight tube, no bevel/taper. You could saw it off as long as you left enough for the two bolts to lock it down.

Only way to shorten that may be to cut a section out of the upper tube, reweld it with a sleeve over it or insert inside to restrengthen it....

Maybe try one of these, looks like a great idea but still need to climb into bed to hook up safety chains.

http://www.trailergear.com/index.html

That is actually the best solution to the problem. It will allow you to insert the coupler further into the outer pipe, and will be a lot less than blocking your axles.